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Sunday, May 20, 2012

The Blue Angels Arrive!

W-113 Rath

The W-113 Rath (not to be confused with the weapons class Wraith) has been released. This is a long awaited release by some MSWM fans, including myself, to see a jet based on the US Navy's world famous Blue Angels elite flying team!! (F/A-18 Hornet aircraft) At +13% agility, the Rath is 3rd in class behind the Reaper & Spectre. Damage Resistance at +8% will be the only agility class plane with this increase. The Rath will also have BEST IN
CLASS for Energy and 3rd in class for
speed. Main item of interest is the damage resistance - with the agility class planes poor armor, it could
be valuable. Best in class for energy is also nice for the energy starved agility class. Overall, I would still go with the Reaper, but this plane definitely has style!

I think Z2Live has changed the price of Rath from 190 to 205 coins, independent of your Region Format setting. So lucky for those, who've dared to buy the Rath when it was still 190 and invisible.

Besides the trick through region format still works with version 4.1.1, only not with Thailand region setting but with Arabic//Saudi Arabia. Probably a newer version will fix this, so remember not to update your game version before you've bought all feature planes you want.

lol, i did not buy "The Rath" instead I bought The "Spectre" - using this new Saudi trick - Now this is really a plane to shout about ! Lugg you were right !! - it is one of the best planes - ( even though ) - I fly like a trainee with it, but I think in good hands - This could be th best plane in whole MSW . Sorry, this comment may be of topic - but I had to comment about the Spectre, and would love to know how to fly this crazy machine better.

bought this plane in thailand region it was only 190 coins.. +(162) coins for the upgrade! plane is ok, i think it needs more dmg bonus. And the energy is superb if u like spinning 24/7. i still prefer the spectre and reaper for vs mode.

Blue Hornet has best in class +15% energy and +% DMG resistance.Lets say you have 100 armor and at missile fired at you does 50 damage. However they DMG resist takes of 4 damage from the missile making it only 46 damage so you have 54 armor left. Of course your extra energy will be handy. | ----- | | -----|----- | | ----- |

Why are you so agressive and contemptuous?Sorry but what you say is stupid. New planes should be only for player with high SR? And how much SR? What would you say if some guys with SR higher than yours said that you should not be allowed to fly a new plane?All players, whatever their SR, must be respected and be allowed to have fun with MSW. I you have a high SR, good for you, but it means that you spent a lot of time on this GAME, nothing more...

Yes, but it still makes sense to start with the best instead wasting time, coins and credits on something short term. It also makes sense to learn with best. Early on I was beating guys with RAAMs and sometimes coin missiles while I was playing with standard missiles and a Hawken.

And it's more fun to fly a plane that you fully appreciate, even if you are not (yet) able to maneuvrate very well. I would probably not have kept playing without the pleasure to get, upgrade and fly planes that had drawn my eye. For me, this is what makes MSWM a game that we appreciate so much, whatever our SR. Many planes make many players, many players with different planes and different SR make a great game.Whatever you think, most people in this forum (especially MetalStorm Forever I hope) probably agree that disparaging words are not welcome here.

This plane just seems too close to my thresher. Except it has a little more agility and a little less evasion. With that said, I'm afraid not enough justifications to drop all the loot for nostalgia sake alone.

This plane is a piece of junk for several reasons1-it is supposed to be based after the blue angels. However, if you look at the very front of the plane, the yellow nosecone of the metalstorm wingman version should actually be blue.2-the name is just stupid- rath not wraith...how creative3-damage resist is useless if you fly an agility class aircraft well. Then energy combined with the agility and speed is all it takes for a real pilot to win. 4-since the damage resistance is pretty much useless, you might as well buy a spectre which is available through the saudi arabia trick.

Only one of those reasons actually made sense wat do names and one little anesthetic mistake have to do with the plane being bad for instance the reaper arguably the best plane in the game is called the reaper and looks bad to some but that doesn't make it any less awsome

ty, 4 tht info man... now ive got another plane to collect, ive always want tht plane since b4! i didnt even bother to scroll down when i was in that region and its nice too coz its only creds. now i want the saber!

I wish if Z2live would re-continue the F-41 Viper. Why did they discontinue it. Was it because it trashed of the green eagle? I heard that the viper has a hidden extra damage for the green eagle (green bastard)

Green eagle pilot,You are the one who is fucking annoying. All you guys do is fly around in your tired, old turtle while your armor regenerates. Continous standard issue cannon fire will only slow down your armor regeneration. All you do is fly around, give the enemy a dent in their armor, do 100000 backflips, and game over...+25 skill...And yet you complain about the viper which has hardly any damage?????????...people these days

I bet that Viper won't beat my green eagle even though I never met one in a battle. I heared that their pilots are very professional and skilled. I am bored of winning all the time. Z2live should release it to put us under pressure. I will get that plane also.

Stop acting like it takes any effort to fly the green eagle it doesn't plus the fact that you've never met one in battle and u assume u can beat it just because yur plane is overpowered is sad also u can't beat pilots who are smart cuz they will just out maneuver u any pilot who is smart will know the green eagle is crap in versus cuz if u have a brain the best a green eagle can do is tie u

OK - screw the Viper for a sec- does anyone know when the Red Widow will be released ? That plane's all I want now - I have faced the Viper quite a number of times already - most of the time, I was in a Sentinel - and it never really posed to be a threat - I mean Viper Viped out - but the Widow on the other hand, Makes my Sentinal feel like a 2 seater Cessna. Lost more matches to a Red Widow even compared to a Spectre

Very similar to spectre in terms of energy and very similar to reaper in terms of "taking hits." Compared to other agility planes that has no energy or armor/dmg resist bonus, you roughly get like one more barrel roll until exhausting energy and able take one more hit from weapons class using raam before you explode.

I had the Rath before officially released through the Thailand trick. I dared to buy it when there was no image of it yet. I really like the Rath cause of the shape. That makes me like the F-41 Viper as well. It's just a different vinyl.

I think the Rath is a very good "true" Agility class plane. The Rath has a pleasing combination of damage resistance, agility, speed and that extra boost of energy. The Rath is a good dogfighter for Agility class planes due to its high agility and speed. Its damage resistance is also a high point - not only is it lithe and speedy but can dodge missiles well with the energy boost. Even if the missiles do hit, its damage resistance will stamp out a lot of the health loss. Still, its an Agility class plane with hummingbird armor. Do not get carried away with the extra damage resist. But even still, a fully upgraded Rath is a serious contender. High agility, high speed, high energy, a bit of damage resist and some energy regeneration make this a top class plane.

New wraith out, for when glitch with server ends, E-41 cobalt, just the weekendWespons classDamage-15%Agility-10%Evation-6%Lock range-8%Like the iorn fang stats wise same couloirs, but with yellow flames not stripes